office home and student 2007

Have tried installing office home and student 2007 but keep getting error
code 1406. It accepts the product key but then over halfway through come up
with the code and a description ( set up cannot write the value to the
registry key ) can anyone help please.

If you are using windows XP do the following.

Click on Start
Click on Run
Type: regedt32
Hit Enter
Right-Click on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and chose Permissions

You should have a few options in the list of usergroups. Click on
SYSTEM
Make sure that Full Control and Read are ticked in the box below.
Click OK.

Double-Click on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Right-Click on SOFTWARE and chose Permissions

Click on SYSTEM and again make sure that Full Control and Read options
are ticked. Click OK.

Do the following steps in case the error message specify a certain
registry path.


If you are on Windows Vista you can try these step but I haven't
verified that they work.

/ Ani

See
You receive an error message when you install an Office program or open an
Office program or document
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/838687/en-us

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Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/

"mgsphoto52" wrote in message
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Have tried installing office home and student 2007 but keep getting error
code 1406. It accepts the product key but then over halfway through come up
with the code and a description ( set up cannot write the value to the
registry key ) can anyone help please.

these instructions don't work for Vista because the pathway is different -
there is no run option in the start menu. Does anyone have any suggestions on
how to change the permissions because I get the same error 1406. I've had a
look at changing the permissions myself but I don't want to make things any
more complicated. I am logged on as an administrator so I should have full
control permissions (although that's just my assumption so I could be wrong
there).
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"Animenia" wrote:


If you are using windows XP do the following.

Click on Start
Click on Run
Type: regedt32
Hit Enter
Right-Click on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and chose Permissions

You should have a few options in the list of usergroups. Click on
SYSTEM
Make sure that Full Control and Read are ticked in the box below.
Click OK.

Double-Click on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Right-Click on SOFTWARE and chose Permissions

Click on SYSTEM and again make sure that Full Control and Read options
are ticked. Click OK.

Do the following steps in case the error message specify a certain
registry path.


If you are on Windows Vista you can try these step but I haven't
verified that they work.

/ Ani

In article , Profilename1
wrote:
these instructions don't work for Vista because the pathway is different -
there is no run option in the start menu.

Click the big round button at bottom left, whatever it's called.
On the menu that pops up, to the right of "All Programs" click "Run"

Suggestion: get used to translating instructions between XP/Vista/Windows7.
They're not THAT different and you can't expect people to spin out instrux for
all three every time they answer a question.

Does anyone have any suggestions on
how to change the permissions

After you've used Run to start Regedit, right click on the key you want to
change (it looks like a foldler icon) and choose Permissions.


because I get the same error 1406. I've had a
look at changing the permissions myself but I don't want to make things any
more complicated. I am logged on as an administrator so I should have full
control permissions (although that's just my assumption so I could be wrong
there).